£12.4m Growing Places Fund avaliable for Leicestershire organisations

Developers, councils and businesses can apply for hundreds of thousands of pounds in loans to spend on transport and infrastructure schemes.
Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) is administering £12.4 million of Government cash to support major developments and job creation across the county.
The Growing Places Fund (GPF) provides short-term loans – averaging £1 million, but ranging from £500,000 and £4 million – to help with projects such as developing homes, offices and commercial space and creating or supporting jobs and apprenticeships.
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